The Joint Chiropractic - Wichita NE

Dr. Gerrad Speer, D.C. was born and raised in Scott City, Kansas. He excelled in football and wrestling and graduated Top 10 of his high school class and he found that chiropractic care, while in sports, helped him with decreased muscle soreness, improved his recovery time and overall sports performance. Dr. Speer went on to play football at Baker University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. While attending college, he spent time in a family member’s chiropractic office, which he really enjoyed. Based on this experience, he decided to pursue the field of chiropractic and attended Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City where he graduated with honors.

Dr. Speer has practiced chiropractic in the Kansas City area, Plainville, Kansas and now in Wichita with The Joint Chiropractic. “I like the atmosphere at The Joint, great people, great patients, and a great concept!” he states.

Over the years of Dr. Speer’s vast experience, he has perfected multiple chiropractic techniques to relieve patients suffering with neck and back pain, sciatica, migraines, vertigo, arthritis, pregnancy, sports injuries and other ailments. He frequently treats patients of all ages including infants to senior citizens.

In his off-time Dr. Speer enjoys woodworking and hanging out with his family. His son recently gifted him a model rocket, which they will soon send into flight. His daughter is a red headed, full of life and energetic preschooler. Dr. Speer and his wife, Lauren, are expecting their third child soon and are looking forward to their expanding family and an exciting future in Wichita.

Dr. Damian E. Rowe graduated from Parker University in Dallas, Texas with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree as well as two Bachelor of Science degrees, one in Human Anatomy, the other in Health and Wellness.

Dr. Rowe is board certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and is licensed by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts as a Chiropractic Physician and Physiotherapist.

Since he was crushed by a car as a five-year-old suffering a fractured skull not to mention other bodily injury, Dr. Rowe has lived with chronic back pain and spinal muscle tension. It was so debilitating by the time he was 27, a co-worker advised to seek chiropractic care. Unaware of its existence, he had previously sought conventional medical care as well as physical therapy. His initial visit was night and day for his functional ability to stand upright and the pain was significantly relieved. This convinced him to change professions from design engineering to Chiropractic Healthcare.

Dr. Rowe continues to seek ongoing wellness care finding great relief from the staff at The Joint. He regularly adjusts his wife and children understanding that chiropractic wellness care is critical for a properly operating nervous system. Dr. Rowe has post-doctoral training in pediatric & pregnancy care from the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and most recently has embarked on continuing education in the nutritionally oriented field of Functional Medicine through the esteemed Institute for Functional Medicine, Kalish Institute and Kresser Institute. His personalized blend of techniques allows him to care for the whole body but takes pride in specializing in upper neck, upper back and rib driven dysfunction of the upper extremities. Dr. Rowe also takes pride in adjusting feet, ankles, hands and wrists.

He has taught over 120 credit hours for multiple local colleges in the disciplines of Microbiology, Cell Biology, Pathophysiology and Anatomy & Physiology. His dedication to health education has long been the foundation of both his academic and professional careers. Dr. Rowe's passion is to support people to take responsibility for their wellness - and to help them to move towards vibrant health – physically, chemically and mentally.

When not educating the community on the benefits of chiropractic health care, Dr. Rowe enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.

Dr. Savannah Howell, D.C. grew up in the Wichita area and is proud to also be a WSU Shocker! Dr. Howell has a wealth of knowledge in competitive youth sports programming and is a former gymnastics, martial arts and competitive cheerleading coach. She was inspired to pursue the profession of chiropractic after a great experience where she received relief from a sports injury and chiropractic care helped her get back on her feet with no lasting issues. Dr. Howell graduated from Wichita State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and went on to graduate with her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College. At Cleveland, Dr. Howell was honored with the Clinic Performance Award as well as the Inaugural Academic Service Award!

Over the years, Dr. Howell has worked with people of all ages, including young children to the senior population. She sees chiropractic as an excellent way to make a positive change in patients’ lives through wellness education and by techniques to relieve those suffering with upper and lower back pain, neck discomfort, headaches, sports injuries and other ailments. She gets many compliments from her patients for her outstanding ability to address soft tissue complaints as well as her effective adjustments of feet and shoulders. Visitors to The Joint will especially respond well to Dr. Howell’s outgoing, caring and genuine demeanor that exudes professionalism.

When Dr. Howell isn’t enjoying time at the lake during the summer, she loves spending time with family and working on her favorite hobby: amateur photography.